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DSCC chair talks about GOP losses, says “Cornyn wasn’t in this alone”

WASHINGTON — Sen. Patty Murray, who serves as the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s chairwoman, praised the performance of Democratic incumbents as well as the record number of women who will be in the U.S. Senate in January.

“They can spend all the money they want, but they can’t buy themselves the U.S. Senate,” Murray said, referring to vast sums spent by Super PACs backed by Karl Rove, Sheldon Adelson and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

“Offensive comments from Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock did not decide the election,” Murray said, while praising her Republican campaign counterpart, John Cornyn, for his efforts. Sen. Cornyn’s office said under his leadership, the Republicans have increased the number of women and Hispanics elected to office in the Senate, citing Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Deb Fischer, R-Neb.; and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.

“I have a lot of sympathy and understanding for (Cornyn),” Murray said.

The Democrats now own 53 seats in the Senate. Murray noted two particularly close races in North Dakota and Montana, where Democrats prevailed. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., narrowly defeated his Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Danny Rehberg. In North Dakota, Democrat Heidi Heitkamp won the open-seat race over Rick Berg.

“John Cornyn wasn’t in this alone,” she said. “I don’t see this as a John Cornyn problem. I see this as a Republican Party problem.”

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